I'm back with another story update, sorry it takes so long I have great difficulty writing stories so honestly there will probably never be a normal time for updates. Anyways this update is considerably dark at the end and I would love to get some reviews for suggestions and I would love for you all to tell me what you think. I do actually read the reviews and take them into consideration, I promise. Anyway I don't own warriors but this storyline and these characters are mine and all that junk. Thanks and happy reading!

Chapter 5

The dog's jaws snapped shut just behind Shade's tail as she scrambled up the side of a tall fence and landed clumsily on the other side with a loud thump. She had fallen off the cats back when it climbed over the fence and it hadn't noticed.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry Speckledkit!" The cat gasped, helping her back to her paws "Would you like to come inside and meet my family?" It disappeared through a small opening in the nest before waiting for her answer.

Now that she was inside Shade realized that it was a twoleg nest and the cat must be a kittypet. She thought about turning around and going back to the clans, but decided that the longer she stayed away the more she could plan and the better chance she would have of killing Leopardkit. Lost in her thoughts she smacked into an even smaller cat, almost stepping on it. She could hardly believe what she was seeing and shook her head rapidly to see if it was real or not, the kit looked almost exactly like Speckledk- her. Shade hissed in frustration wondering why she could't get it through her head that she had to refer to herself as Speckledkit now.

"Oh sorry, wow you're really short how old are you, never mind, have you seen the big kittypet come through her?" The kit's expression became increasingly confused and she tilted her head slightly.

"Cupcake, my mom, she's in the food room, I-If that's what you mean" the kit stammered quietly.

"Uh, alright then" Shade laughed and walked away in the direction the kit had pointed to. She poked her head into the massive room, looking for Cupcake. The gray cat looked up from the gross brown pebble's she was happily eating and bounded over. She led Shade back to the other room, where 2 kits were waiting patiently, her little twin was behind them, whacking at a weird dangling fake mouse.

"These are my kits!" Cupcake nodded at them "Bean" she pointed to a grey and black tom, "Velvet" she pointed at a grey she-cat with blue eyes "and last but never least, Sparkle" she pointed at the tiny cat that looked like Speckledkit. "They're 4 months old today!"

Shade cringed at their weird names but responded anyways, explaining that she was two moons old. After smiling happily, the cat whisked Sparkle away murmuring something about her being to small and fragile to play. This left Shade standing awkwardly beside Ben, Bean and Velvet. After a rather long silence Shade decided that since nobody else was going to start up a conversation she might as well do it.

''So why did your mom take Sparkle away?" she asked, still trying not to laugh at their ridiculous names. The three other kits paused for a moment, looking at each other like it was the funniest thing they'd ever heard.

"Are you serious Speckledkit?" Velvet laughed "Sparkle is so weak and tiny that she'll never amount to anything, let alone be able to do anything worthwhile in her life!"

"Ya" Bean chimed in, bumping his shoulder up against her own like he was trying to hint at something "it's funny that she looks so much like you when she's a complete loser and you're so cool!"

Shade glared at him in disgust, he reminded her of Leopardkit except for the painfully obvious fact that he was hitting on her. She desperately wanted to tell him that she was actually thousands of moons older than him, practically a trained assassin and that if he didn't quit leaning on her she might just use some of her training on him. However instead she just scooted away, causing him to fall awkwardly to the ground. Velvet laughed mockingly at her brother and told Speckledkit that she could sleep in her basket until she went back to wherever she came from.

"Alright I guess, thanks Velvet." Shade muttered absent-mindedly "but I'm going outside for a while, its not even dusk yet"

Shade decided that tonight she would go out and find a place to train. Then once she was ready to start training herself she wouldn't have to waste time. But after wandering around in the forest for quite some time she realized she had never even been to this forest before and might have trouble getting back to the kittypet nest.

Just as she was about to give up looking and turn back a loud crack sounded right behind her. Shade dropped to the ground and a large disheveled looking cat soared over her, letting out a loud hiss as it landed in the dirt. It had obviously been aiming for her but had missed when she ducked down. As it stood back up it made eye contact and Shade noticed that its eyes glinted with hatred. She was about to ask what it's problem was when it sprung at her, emitting a strangled sounding shriek. The cat smacked her onto the ground roughly, pushing its front paws down on her throat in an attempt to suffocate her.

"Hey" Shade coughed, as blood started to soak through her fur where the cat's claws were "you know you can't kill me right? You know that I can't even feel that? If you kill Speckledkit's body I'll just possess someone else, maybe I'll possess you."

The cat's eyes widened in horror at her remark and Shade realized that the cat was Speckledkit's mother. After a moment of hesitation, Flowerpetal tore her claws across Shade's throat. Shade didn't so much as twitch before rolling out from underneath her and standing back up. Flowerpetal opened her mouth but didn't make a sound, rapidly looking back and forth between the face of the cat she had thought was her daughter until now and the blood gushing out of it's throat. Shade took the opportunity and leaped across the clearing to land on her, however once she did Flowerpetal threw her off and she realized that the body of a two moon old kit had no hope of holding down a grown cat.

"Alright" Shade meowed calmly "I'm giving you one last chance, run or I'll come out of this kit and kick your ass!" Flowerpetal was visibly shaking but she took another step towards her "well then, I hope you said goodbye to Leopardkit and your mate before you came out here to hunt down and kill Speckledkit."

Speckledkit's body crumpled to the ground as Shade materialized beside it. She stalked slowly towards Flowerpetal, her eyes glowed in the dark and her form flickered as she got closer. "You should be ashamed Flowerpetal" she laughed, her voice changing from Speckledkit's to the much darker one that was her own "trying to kill your own innocent daughter on the bad words of Leopardkit!"

Shade slammed her against a tree trunk as hard as she could, generating a loud crack. Flowerpetal slid limply to the ground and her head rolled to the side. "Oh, wow that wasn't supposed to happen, I was just gonna beat you up, didn't mean for it to go that far. Well then, I wish I could stay and chat, but I don't want Speckledkit to bleed out, so I'll see you in the dark forest Flowerpetal!"